PLMerite wrote:
> Sun May 11, 2008 6:15pm EDT
> LOS ANGELES, May 11 (Reuters) - Dennis Farina, a former policeman who
built
> a Hollywood career playing detectives, was arrested on Sunday at Los
Angeles
> International Air****t for carrying a loaded gun on his way to board a
plane,
> police said.
>
> Farina, 64, told police he brought the .22 caliber, semi-automatic
pistol
> with him on a drive from Arizona to Los Angeles and forgot it was in his
> briefcase when he tried to pass through air****t security, police said in
a
> statement.
>
> He was scheduled to take a United Airlines flight to his home in
Chicago.
>
> "Farina was very apologetic and cooperative with officers," police said.
> "However, he had no apparent authority to carry a concealed weapon at
the
> time of his arrest."
>
> The actor was initially booked on one misdemeanor count of carrying a
loaded
> firearm and bail was set at $25,000. The charge was upgraded later to a
> felony after police confirmed the gun was not registered, and bail was
> raised to $35,000.
>
> Farina was a Chicago police officer for nearly 20 years before taking up
> acting in the 1980s. He has starred in movies such as "Get Shorty" and
> "Sidewalks of New York" and is perhaps best known in the role of New
York
> Detective Joe Fontana on the popular television crime series, "Law &
Order."
> (Editing by Mohammad Zargham)
That's too bad -- obviously there was no criminal intent.
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